Mensa Excellence in Reading K-3 List by Lexile

If you’ve never heard about it before, the Mensa for Kids Excellence in Reading program can be an easy way to motivate kids to read while enriching them with carefully selected Living Books. They’ll be reading books like Blueberries for Sal, Madeline, Little House on the Prairie, Sarah, Plain and Tall, and Anansi the Spider, and earning a free t-shirt and certificate while doing so. You can print find the original PDF of the list here, so you can fill it in as they finish each book.

Also important to know (although I’m not telling my kids yet!) is that the list doesn’t have to be read independently by the student. You can read all of these books aloud to them, or they can listen to them via audiobook, and they still get the certificate and t-shirt from Mensa for Kids. {The books with a (*) after the Lexile number are books that are recommended to be Adult Directed for one reason or another, so those may be the ones you could do as a read aloud!}

As you’ll notice on the Mensa form, the books are listed alphabetically, but they range from advanced early readers like Put Me in the Zoo to novels like Rabbit Hill meant for 8-12 year olds. In order to make things a little easier, I’ve looked up what the Lexile score is for all of them and arranged them from lowest Lexile (easiest) to highest. I use the Mensa form for keeping track of what she’s read, but reference my printable {BOTTOM OF POST} when I need to make new suggestions. It is also helpful when wanting to purchase some new books – I can easily see what books she will be reading soon, and which ones I can order at a later date. I’ve included columns to note which books need to be purchsed {or thrifted!} and which books you’ve found through the library or Interlibrary Loan.

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I'm a wife and mama, homechooling my 3 kids in the country, and attempting to live a cozy, natural, and minimalist life. We enjoy camping, travelling, and learning as we go, and I hope you like what you find here!

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